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With the recent release of Nvidia's GTX 285 (single GPU) and 295 (dual-GPU) videocards, ATI's performance crown has been under siege. But according to chatter around the web, the GPU maker is set to respond with a new videocard in a couple of months.
Specifically, VR-Zone claims to have confirmed ATI will release its HD 4890 in April. The new card is expected to use the RV790 core and would appear to put to rest an earlier rumor stating ATI plans to name its new card the HD 4970. As currently spec'd, the HD 4890 will come clocked at 850MHz with GDDR5 running at 975MHz. The current RV770-based HD 4870 runs at 750MHz (core) and 900MHz (memory).
VR-Zone also says there will be two versions of the new card, a standard and OC edition. The standard edition is expected to launch in mid-April, with the OC card reaching retail by the end of April. if the rumor pans out, expect the OC edition to cost $299 at launch.
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Jox
February 16, 2009 at 10:25pm
Let's get the Avivo video transcoder working in Vista 64 THEN worry about releasing new hardware.
-Jox
Lord Omega
February 16, 2009 at 4:59pm
This thing is going to be hot! But at the same time it is going to be giving nVidia a run for their money. My 4850 doesn't run any hotter than 65 c max but thenagain it is also clocked lower.
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anthemmobil1
February 16, 2009 at 11:56am
Where does it say it will be clocked lower, where did you read that?
The article says it will be clocked higher.
BlackieChan
February 16, 2009 at 11:08am
since it will be clocked less then the 4870 and have a new RV7 core it will be much cooler and hopefully you will not have to increase fan speed and make you computer sound like a small airplane
sinan
February 16, 2009 at 12:01pm
The 4870 came clocked at 750Mhz so this will be clocked higher than that.
